South Carolina Man Sentenced to Over 18 Years in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

Gulfport, Miss – Erick Alejandro Contreras, age 20, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 223 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.

Contreras pled guilty on August 17, 2018, to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On January 30, 2018, Contreras and three others were stopped in a vehicle in Hancock County traveling from Texas to South Carolina. They were transporting approximately 4 kilograms of 99% pure methamphetamine.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Meynardie.